Giving advice diplomatically is an art! In this lesson, you’ll learn to use a key expression for making suggestions and recommendations to family, friends, and colleagues. The right way will earn you respect. The wrong way could cost you a relationship — or your job!

Hi Rebecca
thank you for your wonderful lessons.
Could you, please, just explain, why in this video you said – ‘There is many ways how…’ Because ways is plural, so I would think that it should be – There are many ways. This is not the first time I’ve heard this but it’s very confusing. Thank you very much:)

thank you Rebecca, I liked the lesson
I have a question which I have been wondering about, would you please answer me ,,,
when the situation is in the past we would say ”’ if I had known you would be upset, I would’nt have told you,
the question is ,,, can I use the simple past in the first clause ? as follow ,, If I knew you would be upset, I wouldn’t have told you

Thursday, September 13th 2012

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thank u teacher , it was very informative, i believe that u could clear my somewhat doubts of this situation , i was confused if it is “should or would ” to be used ,

Hi Rebecca ma’am
you are amazing…but i am a lit’le bit confused because i think when we say ‘ if i were………..’ it seems ‘past’.. Kindly make it clear to me…!!
Thanks..!

Thursday, September 13th 2012

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Hi,
Its cover both the situation i.e past & current. When something is happened in the past or near past. e.g if you (recently past or in past) fail to submit the documents in time. Someone can say to you “If I were you I would submit the documents in time”.
Recently:
When you look someone feel not good. You can say that “If I were you, I would go to the doctor”

We gain confidence by taking chances to grow beyond our comfort zone, one step at a time. So keep using English every chance you get and you will learn more and more through every mistake. You can do it. My best to you.

Hello Rebecca ,
You always give us a wonderful lesson such as , the above one . It’s immensely useful . In addition,we can use all subject pronouns such as, HE ,SHE ,IT , and so on with were without changing the verb to be (( WERE )) It is a correctly grammatical use .
thank you very much over and over , carry on .
Ameen.

Hello Rebecca ,
You always give us a wonderful lesson such as , the above one . It’s immensely useful . In addition,we can use all subject pronouns such as, HE ,SHE ,IT , and so on with were without changing the verb to be (( WERE )) It is a correctly grammatical use .
thank you very much over and over , carry on .
Ameen.

You are my best teacher. I’m also an English teacher for elementary level. I had learnt when I was in elementary level that we should always say I WAS, YOU WERE, WE WERE, THEY WERE, HE WAS, SHE WAS, IT WAS. BUT I SEE SOMEWHERE IN BIBLE AND IN YOUR LESSON AS “I WERE”. Please tell me which one is right? I WERE OR I WAS!

If you don’t answer my question AS FAST AS YOU CAN. I may teach my sweet children wrong.

Saturday, September 15th 2012

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Hello Andrewgajendra! We use “I were” in the second type of conditional sentences. In other cases we use “I was”.

giving advise use the doctor,lawyer, preacher,priest ,nurse .you watch him
On tv giving suggestions. Listening to radio where lawyer gives advise. Like
A salesperson try selling you products. a professor who does a research .
everything has cause and effect . Resist the temptation,the gossip ,critics,

Hi Rebecca. I am Iara from Brazil. I admire your work and your English classes. I wonder if you please could bring to us the difference between “to talk” and “to speak”. Thank you very much! – Iara /September, 27, 2012.

hello, teacher rabecca my name is danish i am from ksa and i want to learn english sentences because my gramer is extremly week and i want your help in this regard because it is very important for my job.

I think, it is the best way to learn English. I have visited a lots of sites, but the material was not up to my expectation. I thank all the teachers who have been trying their best to teach such a worthless stuff.

Hi teacher,
what should i do to speak fluently and faster without making grammar mistakes. my first language is not english but i started being taught the language since i was 12, but since back at home no one speaks english, I did not practice at home. now at work am having to speak english which is a bit poor. do you have longer lessons a round prepositions? would really appreciate.

Thank you so much for speaking about being polite. Human values are so important nowadays. Your site is popular, it would be nice if teachers care about rising the level of morality in society. With gratitude to your sincere efforts,
Helen

thank u mam , it was a wonderful lesson.i wanna add something important, american English counts on slang or informal language unlike British one so people who live in the US use impolite words while speaking and we see that in american movies . will u give us some important american expressions that are used during speaking (i am crazy about learning them)all the best to .

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